A pair of skates is often designed for a specific type of practice. First of all, note that it’s hard to find a pair perfectly meeting the needs of several disciplines at once, since their characteristics may be totally opposite. If you’re looking for a versatile pair, go for freeride skates, they are suitable for […]
Author: Oleh Morvish
Interview with Bart Swings, leader of Powerslide Matter World Team
Technical sheet Name: SwingsFirst name : BartNickname: The FlashDate of birth: 12/02/1991Height: 178cmWeight: 67kgBorn in: HerentLives in: HerentBegins to skate in: 1999Category: senior EliteJob/studies: Mechanics and Electronics EngineeringStrengths: strong in hard races and speedPoints to improve: my 100m startOther sports: noneThe last film he saw: The Dark Knight RisesFavorite music: Kanye westVideo games: Call of DutyReading: none 🙂Like: foodDislike: when people aren’t straightforwardQualities: hard workerFaults: bad loserClub: RSC HeverleeTeam: Powerslide Matter World TeamBest memory: My first senior gold medal in […]
2014 Blood and Thunder Roller Derby World Cup: final results
2014 Blood and Thunder Roller Derby World Cup: here are the results of the last day of competition. USA got a new title ahead of England. Australia beat Canada in the small final… Results of the last day Live results here Final ranking
« T-way » braking methods
A more complex way to brake than it seems T-way braking is the most used one whatever the conditions are. But this is not the easiest. Before undertaking it, it’s better to have a good balance basis. Indeed, this technique is all about transfering your weight from one rollerskate to the other. Thus if you […]
John Joseph Merlin – the first officially recognized inventor of the roller skate
Biography of John Joseph Merlin (1735-1803) John Joseph Merlin was born on 17.09.1935 in Huy (Belgium) and died in London (England) at the age of 68 years. We owe him the first roller skates. As a young man, he worked in Paris, where he made watches, music boxes, musical instruments and other things that demanded […]
EOSkates welcomes Ewen Fernandez!
New year, new projects for the triple French World Champion! Ewen Fernandez decided to leave Powerslide Matter to join the EOSkates Team for the upcoming season. He comes with great ambitions. No doubt he will bring his endurance and will play a leading role among the carbon frames skaters. Ewen won his first title at […]
Roller Soccer : Presentation
Presentation of an unrecognized discipline where the French excel With a mix of soccer and ice hockey rules, Roller Soccer is not a contact sport and is practiced with a good dose of conviviality. It gives the feelings of a sliding sport but also needs the tactical sense of a collective sport. It also enables […]
2014 Speed Skating Worlds: Day 2 on Track
The second half of the second day of the 2014 Speed Skating Worlds in Rosario, Argentina, was disrupted by the rain. All of the finals were postponed until the early morning of the next day. Results of the races… 500 m and 1000 m junior men’s: Colombia by a whisker Edwin Estrada (COL) won by […]
The History of Skating from 1760 till Today
OLS publishes an overview of the history of skating, from the creation of the first inline skates to traditional skates through ‘cycle-skates’. Let’s pay tribute to one of the few skate historians, Sam Nieswizski, the author of ‘Rollermania’ (1991), that remains the key reference in the history of skating through the ages… Did the first […]